Circulatory cytokeratin 17, marginal zone B1 protein and leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein-1 as biomarkers for disease severity and fibrosis in systemic sclerosis patients

Paul Bălănescu, Eugenia Bălănescu, Cristian Băicuș, Anca Bălănescu

Original articles, Volume 32, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: systemic sclerosis; marginal zone B1 protein; leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein-1; cytokeratin 17; fibrosis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.030707

The importance of regulation (EU) 2017/746 for quality control in medical laboratories

Cristiano Ialongo, Maria Sapio, Leda Elisabetta Antetomaso, Antonio Angeloni

Editorial, Volume 32, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality control; traceability; uncertainty

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2022.010301

External quality assessment in resource–limited countries

Jane Y Carter

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: laboratory; quality assurance; proficiency testing; resource-limited countries

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.013

Implementation of the External Quality Assessment Program in Brazil

Marcos Kneip Fleury, Maria Elizabeth Menezes, José Abol Correa

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality assurance; external assessment; proficiency testing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.012

External Quality Assessment in Croatia: problems, challenges, and specific circumstances

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Ivana Celap, Jelena Vlasic Tanaskovic

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; commutability; allowable limit of performance; standardization; harmonization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.011

Essential aspects of external quality assurance for point-of-care testing

Anne Stavelin, Sverre Sandberg

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: quality assurance; health care; laboratory proficiency testing; point-of-care testing; health personnel

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.010

External Quality Assessment beyond the analytical phase: an Australian perspective

Tony Badrick, Stephanie Gay, Euan J. McCaughey, Andrew Georgiou

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: health care quality assurance; laboratory; pathology; quality

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.009

Survey material choices in haematology EQA: a confounding factor in automated counting performance assessment

Barbara De la Salle

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: haematology; laboratory proficiency testing; blood cell count

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.008

The logic of equivalence testing and its use in laboratory medicine

Cristiano Ialongo

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: biostatistics; statistical data analysis; methodological studies

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.001

Interpretation of EQA results and EQA-based trouble shooting

Gunn Berit Berge Kristensen, Piet Meijer

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; commutability; reference method; EQA error; between lot variation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.007

What´s floating on my plasma?

Janne Cadamuro, Helmut Wiedemann, Thomas K. Felder, Cornelia Mrazek, Ulrike Kipman, Oberkofler Hannes, Elisabeth Haschke-Becher

Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: case report; white particulate matter; lithium-heparin tubes; separator gel

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.047

Case report of unexplained hypocalcaemia in a slightly haemolysed sample

Michael Cornes

Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: case report; pre-analytical; contamination; K-EDTA

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.046

Acutely developing, spurious anaemia without actual blood loss. A paradigmatic case report

Giuseppe Lippi, Gianfranco Cervellin

Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: anaemia; errors; posture; preanalytical variability; case report

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.045

Biochemia Medica introduces new section: Pre-analytical mysteries

Ana-Maria Simundic, Janne Cadamuro, Michael Cornes

Pre-analytical mysteries, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.044

Detection of let-7 miRNAs in urine supernatant as potential diagnostic approach in non-metastatic clear-cell renal cell carcinoma

Michal Fedorko, Jaroslav Juracek, Michal Stanik, Marek Svoboda, Alexandr Poprach, Tomas Buchler, Dalibor Pacik, Jan Dolezel, Ondrej Slaby

Short communication, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: renal cell carcinoma; urine microRNAs; let-7; diagnostic biomarker

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.043

Topiramate induced metabolic acidosis and kidney stones – a case study

Tomas Salek, Ivan Andel, Irena Kurfurstova

Case Report, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: urolithiasis; acidosis; renal tubular acidosis; topiramate; glomerular filtration rate

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.042

The alcohol used for cleansing the venipuncture site does not jeopardize blood and plasma alcohol measurement with head-space gas chromatography and an enzymatic assay

Giuseppe Lippi, Ana-Maria Simundic, Giacomo Musile, Elisa Danese, Gianluca Salvagno, Franco Tagliaro

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: laboratory testing; diagnostics; alcohol; errors; pre-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.041

Evaluation of staff performance and interpretation of the screening program for prevention of thalassemia

Simaporn Prommetta, Kanokwan Sanchaisuriya, Goonnapa Fucharoen, Supawadee Yamsri, Attawut Chaiboonroeng, Supan Fucharoen

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: laboratory proficiency testing; thalassemia; quality control

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.040

Labile glycated haemoglobin and carbamylated haemoglobin are still critical points for HbA measurement

Aurore Desmons, Stéphane Jaisson, Nathalie Leroy, Philippe Gillery, Emmanuelle Guillard

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: carbamylated haemoglobin; labile glycated haemoglobin; HbA; analytical interference

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.039

Demystifying EQA statistics and reports

Wim Coucke, Mohamed Rida Soumali

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; statistics; Q-score; Z-score

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.006

A nationwide multicentre study in Turkey for establishing reference intervals of haematological parameters with novel use of a panel of whole blood

Yesim Ozarda, Kiyoshi Ichihara, Ebubekir Bakan, Harun Polat, Nurinnisa Ozturk, Nurcan K. Baygutalp, Fatma Taneli, Yesim Guvenc, Murat Ormen, Zubeyde Erbayraktar, Nurten Aksoy, Hatice Sezen, Meltem Demir, Gulcin Eskandari, Gurbuz Polat, Nuriye Mete, Hatice

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: multicentre study; reference intervals; complete blood count; haematology; Turkey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.038

Impact of reference change value (RCV) based autoverification on turnaround time and physician satisfaction

Esther Fernández-Grande, Carolina Valera-Rodriguez, Luis Sáenz-Mateos, Amparo Sastre-Gómez, Pilar García-Chico, Teodoro J. Palomino-Muñoz

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: autoverification; reference change value; turnaround time; physician satisfaction

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.037

Evaluation of new Beckman Coulter 25(OH) Vitamin D assay and potential improvement of clinical interpretation

Özlem Ç. Madenci, Asuman Orçun, Zeynep Yildiz, Rana Sirmali, Nazan Tunçbilek, Nihal Yücel, Yusuf Temel, Aycan Bölük

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; method comparison; standardization; 25-Hydroxyvitamin D

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.036

Does recreational scuba diving have clinically significant effect on routine haematological parameters?

Antonija Perovic, Nora Nikolac, Marina Njire Braticevic, Ana Milcic, Sandra Sobocanec, Tihomir Balog, Sanja Dabelic, Jerka Dumic

Original papers, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: diving; preanalytical phase; blood cell count; evaluation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.035

Insights on glicentin, a promising peptide of the proglucagon family

Juliette Raffort, Fabien Lareyre, Damien Massalou, Patrick Fénichel, Patricia Panaïa-Ferrari, Giulia Chinetti

Review, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: glicentin; proglucagon; glucagon-like peptide; oxyntomodulin; enteroendocrine cells

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.034

Thyroid testing in acutely ill patients may be an expensive distraction

Lakdasa D. Premawardhana

Review, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: thyroid tests; acute illness; guidelines

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.033

An overview of the European Organization for External Quality Assurance Providers in Laboratory Medicine (EQALM)

Anne Stavelin, Xavier Albe, Piet Meijer, Erika Sarkany, Finlay MacKenzie

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: laboratory proficiency testing; quality assessment; laboratory medicine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.005

Corrigendum to: Impact of reference change value (RCV) based autoverification on turnaround time and physician satisfaction

Esther Fernández-Grande, Carolina Varela-Rodriguez, Luis Sáenz-Mateos, Amparo Sastre-Gómez, Pilar García-Chico, Teodoro J. Palomino-Muñoz

Corrigendum, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031203

Corrigendum to: Does small equal predatory? Analysis of publication charges and transparency of editorial policies in Croatian open access journals

Jadranka Stojanovski, Ana Marušić

Corrigendum, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031202

Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals

Lorraine E. Ferris, Margaret A Winker

Erratum, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031201

Urinary free cortisol assessment by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry: a case study of ion suppression due to unacquainted administration of piperacillin

Elisa Danese, Gian Luca Salvagno, Alessandra Guzzo, Samuele Scurati, Cristiano Fava, Giuseppe Lippi

Pre-analytical Mysteries, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: urinary free cortisol; ion suppression; pre-analytical phase; piperacillin; mass spectrometry

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031001

Utility of routine laboratory preoperative tests based on previous results: Time to give up

Enrique Rodríguez–Borja, Africa Corchon–Peyrallo, Gerardo Aguilar–Aguilar, Arturo Carratala–Calvo

Short Communications, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: cost-effectiveness; preoperative care; patient safety; routine diagnostic tests

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030902

The new Greiner FC-Mix tubes equal the old Terumo ones and are useful as glucose stabilizer after prolonged storage of samples

Graziella Bonetti, Mariarosa Carta

Short Communications, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: diabetes; glucose; acidification; pre-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030901

False positive immunoassay for heparin-induced thrombocytopenia in the presence of monoclonal gammopathy: a case report

Ivana Markovic, Zeljko Debeljak, Bojana Bosnjak, Maja Marijanovic

Case Reports, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: heparin-induced thrombocytopenia; immunoassay; functional serotonin release assay; cross-reaction; monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030801

Analytical evaluation of a fully automated immunoassay for faecal calprotectin in a paediatric setting

Britta Noebauer, Lejla Ramic, Andrea Konstantin, Christina Zachbauer, Elisa Einwallner

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: calprotectin; faeces; particle-enhanced turbidimetric immunoassay (PETIA); inflammatory bowel disease

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030710

Establishing the upper reference limit of Galectin-3 in healthy blood donors

Luisa Agnello, Chiara Bellia, Bruna Lo Sasso, Alessia Pivetti, Maddalena Muratore, Concetta Scazzone, Giulia Bivona, Giuseppe Lippi, Marcello Ciaccio

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: galectin-3; blood donors; heart failure; reference values; upper reference limit (URL)

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030709

Measurement uncertainty of blood ethanol concentration in drink-driving cases in an emergency laboratory

Yasemin Ustundağ, Kağan Huysal

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: blood ethanol; measurement uncertainty; driving accidents

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030708

National survey on current situation of critical value reporting in 973 laboratories in China

Yang Fei, Haijian Zhao, Wei Wang, Falin He, Kun Zhong, Shuai Yuan, Zhiguo Wang

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: critical value; quality indicators; extra-analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030707

The local clinical validation of a new lithium heparin tube with a barrier: BD Vacutainer® Barricor LH Plasma tube

Fatma Demet Arslan, Inanc Karakoyun, Banu Isbilen Basok, Merve Zeytinli Aksit, Anil Baysoy, Yasemin Kilic Ozturk, Yusuf Adnan Guclu, Can Duman

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: serum; plasma; blood analysis; blood specimen collection; evaluation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030706

Testing lupus anticoagulants in a real-life scenario - a retrospective cohort study

Franz Ratzinger, Tanja Panic, Helmuth Haslacher, Thomas Perkmann, Klaus G. Schmetterer, Sabine Belik, Georg Maenner, Ingrid Pabinger, Peter Quehenberger

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: blood coagulation; blood coagulation tests; lupus coagulation inhibitor; partial thromboplastin time

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030705

Measurement of HbA and HbA by Capillarys 2 Flex Piercing HbA programme for simultaneous management of diabetes and screening for thalassemia

Peifeng Ke, Jiawei Liu, Yan Chao, Xiaobin Wu, Yujuan Xiong, Li Lin, Zemin Wan, Xinzhong Wu, Jianhua Xu, Junhua Zhuang, Xianzhang Huang

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: haemoglobin A; thalassemia; capillary electrophoresis (CE); haemoglobin A

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030704

Tau protein as a possible marker of cerebrospinal fluid leakage in cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea: A pilot study

Jean-Baptiste Oudart, Laure Zucchini, François-Xavier Maquart, Xavier Dubernard, Marc Labrousse, Géraldine Fiabane, Alexandra Quedreux, Fabien Litre, Laurent Ramont

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: cerebrospinal fluid; cerebrospinal fluid leakage; cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhoea; ELISA; Tau protein

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030703

Changing reference intervals for haemoglobin in Denmark: Clinical and financial aspects

Judith Ryberg-Nørholt, Henrik Frederiksen, Mads Nybo

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: anaemia; haematology; haemoglobins; reference values

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030702

Performance characteristics of lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2 activity assay on the Dimension Vista analyser and preliminary study of a healthy Italian population

Alessandro De Stefano, Liliana Mannucci, Renato Massoud, Sergio Bernardini, Claudio Cortese

Original Papers, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: Lp-PLA; assay validation; cardiovascular disease; Darapladib; reference intervals

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030701

Insights into cerumen and application in diagnostics: past, present and future prospective

Engy Shokry, Nelson Roberto Antoniosi Filho

Review, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: cerumen; laboratory diagnosis; metabolomics; proteomics; genomics

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030503

Minimum requirements for the estimation of measurement uncertainty: Recommendations of the joint Working group for uncertainty of measurement of the CSMBLM and CCMB

Ivana Ćelap, Ines Vukasović, Gordana Juričić, Ana-Maria Šimundić

Review, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: measurement uncertainty; recommendations; harmonization; analytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030502

Concerning the vitamin D reference range: pre-analytical and analytical variability of vitamin D measurement

Davide Ferrari, Giovanni Lombardi, Giuseppe Banfi

Review, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: vitamin D; biological variability; analytical variability; standardization; DEQAS

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030501

Dealing with the positive publication bias: Why you should really publish your negative results

Ana Mlinarić, Martina Horvat, Vesna Šupak Smolčić

Research Integrity Corner, Volume 27, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: negative results; publication bias; research integrity; medical journals

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030201

Does small equal predatory? Analysis of publication charges and transparency of editorial policies in Croatian open access journals

Jadranka Stojanovski, Ana Marušić

Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: predatory journals; open access; small scientific communities

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.032

Identifying predatory or pseudo-journals

Christine Laine, Margaret A. Winker

Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.031

Ethical issues in publishing in predatory journals

Lorraine E. Ferris, Margaret A Winker

Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: predatory journals; publication ethics; medical publishing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.030

What I learned from predatory publishers

Jeffrey Beall

Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: scholarly publishing; open access; journals; predatory publishers; research

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.029

Predatory journals and their effects on scientific research community

Farrokh Habibzadeh, Ana-Maria Simundic

Research integrity corner: Special issue on predatory journals, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.028

Transparency and public accessibility of clinical trial information in Croatia: how it affects patient participation in clinical trials

Ivana Šolić, Ana Stipčić, Ivančica Pavličević, Ana Marušić

Research integrity corner, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: access to information; awareness; patient participation; clinical trials; registries

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.027

Resolution of Students t-tests, ANOVA and analysis of variance components from intermediary data

Kallner Anders

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 27, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: analysis of variance; biostatistics; measurement comparisons

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.026

Big differences in primary care celiac disease serological markers request in Spain

Maria Salinas, Maite López-Garrigós, Emilio Flores, Carlos Leiva-Salinas

Short Communication, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: celiac disease; quality indicators; clinical laboratory services; benchmarking

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.025

The role of EQA in harmonization in laboratory medicine – a global effort

Graham R.D. Jones

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assurance; metrological comparability; harmonization

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.004

Stability of plasma electrolytes in Barricor and PST II tubes under different storage conditions

Luis Alfredo Bautista Balbás, Marta Segovia Amaro, Rubén Gómez Rioja, María José Alcaide Martín, Antonio Buńo Soto

Short Communication, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: specimen handling; potassium; electrolyte

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.024

Pneumatic tube system transport does not alter platelet function in optical and whole blood aggregometry, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, platelet count and fibrinogen in patients on anti-platelet drug therapy

Dietmar Enko, Harald Mangge, Andreas Münch, Tobias Niedrist, Elisabeth Mahla, Helfried Metzler, Florian Prüller

Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: platelets; platelet aggregation; platelet function tests; clinical laboratory services; preanalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.023

Policies and practices in haemostasis testing among laboratories in Croatia: a survey on behalf of a Working Group for Laboratory Coagulation of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Ana Bronić, Desiree Coen Herak, Sandra Margetić, Marija Milić

Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: survey; haemostasis; blood coagulation tests

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.022

Analytical robustness of nine common assays: frequency of outliers and extreme differences identified by a large number of duplicate measurements

Stefanie Neubig, Anne Grotevendt, Anders Kallner, Matthias Nauck, Astrid Petersmann

Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: clinical chemistry tests; humans; reproducibility of results; analytical quality; quality control

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.021

Special issue on External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine – current challenges and future trends

Barbara De la Salle, Piet Meijer, Annette Thomas, Ana-Maria Simundic

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Editorial, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.003

Preanalytical investigations of phlebotomy: methodological aspects, pitfalls and recommendations

Cristiano Ialongo, Sergio Bernardini

Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; preanalytical phase; statistical data analysis; methods

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.020

The role of laboratory testing in detection and classification of chronic kidney disease: national recommendations

Vanja Radišić Biljak, Lorena Honović, Jasminka Matica, Branka Krešić, Sanela Šimić Vojak

Review, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease (CKD); recommendations; estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR); albuminuria; proteinuria

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.019

External quality assessment of medical laboratories in Croatia: preliminary evaluation of post-analytical laboratory testing

Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Adrijana Dorotic, Ana Grzunov

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: post-analytical phase; standardization; external quality assessment; questionnaire

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.018

Survival analysis, more than meets the eye

Marko Lucijanic, Marko Skelin, Tomo Lucijanic

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: statistics; clinical trial; survival analysis; primary myelofibrosis; software

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.002

Preanalytical external quality assessment of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine and CROQALM: finding undetected weak spots

Nora Nikolac, Jasna Lenicek Krleza, Ana-Maria Simundic

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; external quality assessment; laboratory error

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.017

Evaluating performance in sweat testing in medical biochemistry laboratories in Croatia

Merica Aralica, Jasna Lenicek Krleza

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: sweat testing; external quality assessment; survey

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.016

Proficiency testing of maternal serum prenatal screening in second trimester in China, 2015

Xiaoyan Zhang, Wei Wang, Falin He, Kun Zhong, Shuai Yuan, Zhiguo Wang

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: maternal serum screening tests; proficiency testing; pregnancy trimester

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.015

Implementing a regional integrated laboratory proficiency testing scheme for peripheral health facilities in East Africa

Stephen Munene, Jackson Songok, Dennis Munene, Jane Carter

Special Issue: External Quality Assessment in Laboratory Medicine - Original Papers, Volume 27, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: external quality assessment; accreditation; proficiency testing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2017.014

The use of platelet indices, plateletcrit, mean platelet volume and platelet distribution width in emergency non-traumatic abdominal surgery: a systematic review

Yasemin Ustundag Budak, Murat Polat, Kagan Huysal

Review, Volume 26, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: platelets; acute appendicitis; acute cholecystitis; acute mesenteric ischemia; platelet indices

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.020

What’s in a name, anyway?

Farrokh Habibzadeh

Research integrity corner, Volume 26, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: authorship; journal software system; editorial policy

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.019

What’s in a name? The problem of authors’ names in research articles

Ana Marušić

Research integrity corner, Volume 26, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: authors names; research authorship; indexing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.018

Phlebotomy, a bridge between laboratory and patient

Cristiano Ialongo, Sergio Bernardini

Review, Volume 26, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: phlebotomy; venipuncture; laboratory testing; preanalytical phase; preanalytical variability; patient safety; evidence based medicine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.002

Scientific author names: errors, corrections, and identity profiles

Armen Yuri Gasparyan, Marlen Yessirkepov, Alexey N. Gerasimov, Elena I. Kostyukova, George D. Kitas

Research integrity corner, Volume 26, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: authorship; author names; science communication; identity; editorial policies

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2016.017

Clinical and diagnostic utility of saliva as a non-invasive diagnostic fluid:
a systematic review

Lazaro Alessandro Soares Nunes, Sayeeda Mussavira, Omana Sukumaran Bindhu

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: saliva; non-invasive; biological markers; drug monitoring; oral health

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.018

Aberrant methylation patterns in cancer: a clinical view

Alja Videtic Paska, Petra Hudler

Review Article, Volume 25, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: biomarkers; CpG islands; DNA methylation; molecular diagnostics; epigenetics

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.017

Paraprotein interference with turbidimetric gentamicin assay

Goce Dimeski, Kendra Bassett, Nigel Brown

Case report, Volume 25, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: turbidimetry; IgM; paraprotein; interference

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2015.014

25th Symposyum CSMBLM and 21st International Symposium CSMBLM and SACCLM, New technologies and challenges in laboratory toxicology and pharmacogenetics, Zagreb, May 17, 2014

Symposium abstracts, Volume 24, June, Issue 2

Retractions of scientific publications: responsibility and accountability

Vedran Katavić

Research integrity corner, Volume 24, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: accountability; retraction of publication as topic; scientific misconduct

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2014.024

False negativity to carbohydrate-deficient transferrin and drugs: a clinical case

Matteo Vidali, Vincenza Bianchi, Marco Bagnati, Nadia Atzeni, Andrea Marco Bianchi, Giorgio Bellomo

Case report, Volume 24, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: carbohydrate-deficient transferrin; alcoholism; drug therapy; combination; false negative reactions

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2014.020

Congenital analbuminemia caused by a novel aberrant splicing in the albumin gene

Gianluca Caridi, Monica Dagnino, Omer Erdeve, Marco Di Duca, Duran Yildiz, Serdar Alan, Begum Atasay, Saadet Arsan, Monica Campagnoli, Monica Galliano, Lorenzo Minchiotti

Case report, Volume 24, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: human serum albumin; albumin gene; congenital analbuminemia; DNA and cDNA sequence analysis; splicing mutation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2014.017

Copeptin and its potential role in diagnosis and prognosis of various diseases

Lidija Dobša, Kido Cullen Edozien

Review, Volume 23, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: human copeptin; endogenous stress; diagnostic accuracy; prognosis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2013.021

Concentration and content

Xavier Fuentes-Arderiu

Editorial, Volume 23, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: concentration; content; quantity; metrology; terminology

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2013.017

23rd Symposium of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Medicine: Tuberculous infection – continuous challenge

Symposium abstracts, Volume 22, October, Issue 3

FABP 2 gene polymorphism and metabolic syndrome in elderly people of Croatian descent

Lana Feher Turkovic, Alica Pizent, Slavica Dodig, Mladen Pavlovic, Daria Pasalic

Original papers, Volume 22, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: fatty acid-binding proteins (FABPs); FABP2; genetic polymorphism; metabolic syndrome

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.024

Macroprolactinemia: new insights in hyperprolactinemia

Miro Kasum, Slavko Oreskovic, Ivana Zec, Davor Jezek, Vlatka Tomic, Vesna Gall, Goran Adzic

Review, Volume 22, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: macroprolactin; diagnosis; clinical features; pathophysiology

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.020

Preanalytical phase – a continuous challenge for laboratory professionals

Ana-Maria Simundic, Giuseppe Lippi

Editorial, Volume 22, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: preanalytical phase; errors; quality indicators; phlebotomy; blood sampling

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2012.017

Identifying candidate genes for Parkinson’s disease by integrative genomics method

Amela Karic, Rifet Terzic, Alen Karic, Borut Peterlin

Original papers, Volume 21, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: Parkinson’s disease; candidate genes; Biomedical Discovery Support System (BITOLA)

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2011.027

Biochemia Medica introduces the revised policy on Statement of Conflict of Interest

Ana-Maria Simundic

Editorial, Volume 21, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: editor; journal; editorial policy; conflict of interest; disclosure

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2011.017

Quality in the extra-analytical phases of urinalysis

Alberta Caleffi, Fabio Manoni, Maria Grazia Alessio, Cosimo Ottomano, Giuseppe Lippi

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: urine; urinalysis; quality; prenalytical phase

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.022

Notification of critical values

Mario Plebani, Elisa Piva

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: critical values; notification of critical values; clinical laboratories; post-analytical phase; errors in laboratory medicine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.021

Quality in the analytical phase

Oswald Sonntag

Special issue, Volume 20, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: analytical errors; patient safety; clinical laboratory; quality control; drug interference; calibration; paraprotein; reference interval

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2010.017

Maternal and cord blood malondialdehyde and antioxidant vitamin levels in normal and preeclamptic women

Mohd Suhail, Mohd Faizul-Suhail

Original papers, Volume 19, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: maternal plasma; cord plasma; malondialdehyde; anti-oxidant vitamins; pregnancy; preeclampsia

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2009.017

Serum prolactin in professional soccer players

Giuseppe Lippi, Francesco De Vita, Gian Luca Salvagno, Martina Montagnana, Giovanni Targher, Gian Cesare Guidi

Original papers, Volume 19, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: hormones; prolactin; physical exercise; reference range; sports

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2009.016

Biochemical markers of bone remodeling – review

Ivana Čepelak, Dubravka Čvorišćec

Review, Volume 19, February, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: bone formation markers; bone resorption markers; osteoporosis

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2009.003

Antibodies to citrullinated proteins/peptides in rheumatoid arthritis: what have we learned so far?

Andrea Tešija-Kuna, Marijana Žirović

Review, Volume 18, October, Issue 3

KEYWORDS: rheumatoid arthritis; citrullination; peptidylarginine deiminase; anti-CCP antibodies; anti-MCV antibodies

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.025

Molecular mechanisms and biochemical markers of acute pancreatitis

Krzysztof Celiński, Agnieszka Mądro

Review, Volume 18, June, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: acute pancreatitis; lipase; amilase; procalcitonin; CRP; interleukins

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2008.017

List of reviewers

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

Index of authors

Index of authors and list of reviewers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

Serum lipids in a depressive disorder with regard to depression type

Marko Martinac, Dalibor Karlović, Nada Vrkić, Darko Marčinko, Nada Bazina, Dragan Babić

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: depressive disorder; cholesterol; triglycerides; HDL-cholesterol; LDL-cholesterol; VLDL-cholesterol

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.010

Comparison of systemic inflammatory and hematology parameters in normal C57Bl/6 and genetically diabetic db/db mice during local wound repair

Kristina Šitum, Ana Bokulić, Vanesa Ivetić-Tkalčević, Michael J. Parnham, Snježana Čužić, Koraljka Đurić, Ines Glojnarić, Daša Ševeljević-Jaran, Karmen Brajša

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: db/db mice; serum amyloid A protein; interferon-gamma; inflammation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.009

Brain and serum beta-endorphin concentrations in trazodone treated rats

Radivoj Jadrić, Sabaheta Hasić, Emina Kiseljaković, Jozo Ćorić, Jovan Radovanović, Mira Winterhalter-Jadrić

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: β-endorphins; rat; psychoactive drugs; trazodone

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.008

Serum levels of glucose and lactate in patients treated under total intravenous anesthesia with propofol-fentanyl and under balanced anesthesia with isoflurane-fentanyl

Zlata Mujagić, Elsada Čičko, Vesna Vegar-Brozović, Mirsada Prašo

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: glucose; lactate; surgery; propofol-fentanyl anesthesia; isoflurane-fentanyl anesthesia

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.007

The effect of early diagnosis and treatment on maternal and fetal outcomes in patients with HELLP syndrome?

Steven J. Wagner, Iasmina M. Craici, Marie C. Hogan, Kent R. Bailey, Vesna D. Garovic

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: HELLP syndrome; preeclampsia; maternal outcomes; fetal outcomes; intrauterine fetal death

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.006

Why is it necessary to recognize macroenzymes?

Ivana Čepelak, Dubravka Čvorišćec

Short review, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: macroenzymes; macro creatine kinase; immunoglobulins

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.005

Laboratory errors: How to improve pre- and post-analytical phases?

Mario Plebani

Editorial, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.001

Some important aspects of implementing tandem mass spectrometry

Christoph Seger, Andrea Griesmacher

Review, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: tandem mass spectrometry; targeted analysis; therapeutic drug monitoring; routine analysis; high performance liquid chromatography; HPLC-MS/MS

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.004

Book review: Allan Gaw, Michael J. Murphy, Robert A. Cowan, Denis St. J. O'Reilly, Michael J. Stewart, James Shepherd: Clinical Biochemistry.

Dunja Rogić

Opinion, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

Severe cholestasis in a newborn with PiZZ alpha-1-antitrypsin genotype – A case report

Marijana Žirović, Andrea Tešija Kuna, Nora Nikolac, Mario Štefanović, Elizabeta Topić, Orjena Žaja-Franulović, Zvonimir Jurčić

Case report, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.024

Analytical properties of the GEM premier 3000 analyzer evaluated

Nada Vukelić, Dalja Papić Futač, Elizabeta Topić

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: point of care testing; acid-base balance parameters; electrolytes; metabolites

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.023

Quality of electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing images compressed using JPEG and JPEG2000

Slavica Dodig, Ulrich Kragh-Hansen, Lorenzo Minchiotti, Matko Dodig, Sonja Grgić, Bojan Benko

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: JPEG; JPEG2000; image compression; image analysis; telemedicine; electrophoresis; isoelectric focusing

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.022

Platelet count monitoring in burn patients

Marina Pavić, Lara Milevoj

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: platelet; burn patient; total body surface area percentage; disease outcome

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.021

Hematotoxicity study of the leaf extract of  Albizia chevalieri harms (Leguminosae)

Yusuf Saidu, Lawal Suleman Bilbis, Mansur Lawal, Simeon Alabi Isezuo, Rabiu Aliyu Umar

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: hematology; histopathology; Albizia chevalieri; acute and sub-chronic toxicities

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.020

Serum cholesterol concentration in psychiatric patients

Nedjeljka Ruljančić, Ana Malić, Mate Mihanović

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: serum cholesterol; sucide risk factors

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.019

Helicobacter pylori seroprevalence in coronary artery disease

Mirjana Grozdovska-Naumoska, Vlatko Kotevski, Sonja Trojacanec-Piponska

Original papers, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: Helicobacter pylori; coronary artery disease; inflammation

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.018

Medical Laboratory Accreditation according to ISO 15189:2003. The Mexican Experience

Rosa Isabel Sierra-Amor, Maribel López-Martínez

Short review, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: accreditation; ISO 15189; medical laboratory

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.017

Metabolic side-effects of novel antipsychotic drugs

Ana Kovak-Mufić, Dalibor Karlović, Marko Martinac, Darko Marčinko, Katica Letinić, Branka Vidrih

Review, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: metabolic syndrome; side-effects; antipsychotics; lipid metabolism; glucose metabolism

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.016

Protein-associated O-GlcNAc, a multifunctional mechanism in cell signaling and its role in the pathogenesis of diabetes, stress and malignant diseases

Tamas Nagy, Attila Miseta, Gabor L. Kovacs

Review, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: O-GlcNAc; Ca2+; diabetes; stress response; malignancy

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.015

Automated laboratory reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: is it good for the health of patients and their doctors?

Euan Noble, David W. Johnson

Review, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: chronic kidney disease; Cockcroft-Gault equation; glomerular filtration rate; glomerular filtration rate estimating equations; modification of diet in renal disease equation; serum creatinine

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.003

Selecting and interpreting diagnostic tests

Marc A. Raslich, Ronald J. Markert, Shahan A. Stutes

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: evidence-based medicine; diagnostic tests; probability; sensitivity and specificity; decision making

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.014

Scientific integrity – the basis of existence and development of science

Lidija Bilić-Zulle

Editorial, Volume 17, December, Issue 2

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.013

Book review: Proteins of the Cerebrospinal Fluid. Analysis and Interpretation in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Neurological Disease. Second Edition, Edward J. Thompson, Elsevier Academic Press, 2005

Željka Vogrinc

Opinion, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

Comparison of sensitivity of nested PCR and quantitative PCR in Bcr-Abl p210 transcript detection in chronic myelogenous leukemia

Maruška Marušić Vrsalović, Rajko Kušec, Vlatko Pejša, Željko Romić

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: nPCR; qPCR; sensitivity; p210 detection

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.012

Alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes in children with respiratory diseases

Slavica Dodig, Jadranka Demirović, Žaneta Jelčić, Darko Richter, Ivana Čepelak, Miljenko Raos, Rajka Petrinović, Kornelija Kovač, Nina Peruško Matasić

Original papers, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: alkaline phosphatase; child; infant; hyperphosphatasemia; isoenzymes; respiratory diseases

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.011

What we need to know when calculating the coefficient of correlation?

Martina Udovičić, Ksenija Baždarić, Lidija Bilić-Zulle, Mladen Petrovečki

Lessons in biostatistics, Volume 17, June, Issue 1

KEYWORDS: correlation; Pearson’s correlation coefficient; Spearman’s correlation coefficient; coefficient of determination; error; statistics

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2007.002

17th International Symposium of the Croatian Society of Medical Biochemists and the Slovenian Association of Clinical Chemistry, May 2006, Zagreb, Croatia

Symposium abstracts, Volume 16, June, Issue 1

Analytical evaluation of P1NP assay, a biochemical marker of bone turnover

Marko Marcius, Nada Vrkić, Biserka Getaldić-Švarc

Original papers, Volume 16, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: analytical evaluation; amino terminal propeptide type I procollagen; P1NP; electrochemiluminescent immunoassay; bone markers

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2006.017

Assessment of analytical properties of the Randox full range assay for determination of C-reactive protein concentration in preterm infants and newborns

Nada Vukelić, Ines Vukasović, Elizabeta Topić

Original papers, Volume 16, December, Issue 2

KEYWORDS: C-reactive protein; sepsis; preterm infants; newborns

https://doi.org/10.11613/BM.2006.016